| MADAMS | Ladies cross a mysterious border (6) |
| MESDAMES | Nice ladies cross over sweetheart in trouble (8) |
| LAX | Being remiss makes some ladies cross (3) |
| ENIGMA | From Latin via Greek for "speak allusively", word for a riddle or obscure speech originally, later a mysterious or puzzling person or thing (6) |
| GNOMIC | Describes a mysterious utterance that may be wise (6) |
| GEMINI | Imagine leaving a mysterious sign (6) |
| NESSIE | Component of echoing probe is sensing a mysterious creature (6) |
| RECANT | Withdraw in a mysterious trance (6) |
| EERILY | In a mysterious manner (6) |
| JACKAL | The Day Of The ____ , 1973 film starring Edward Fox as a mysterious assassin (6) |
| AGATHA | Forename of the apothecary assistant- turned-novelist who used poison to fictionally dispatch around 30 of her characters, including the victim of a "mysterious affair at Styles" (6) |
| COWPER | William ___, English poet (1731-1800) and writer of hymns including God Moves in a Mysterious Way, which coined the titular proverb (6) |
| ALSACE | Figure in a mysterious case on the Continent |
| MINMIN | Name a mysterious dancing light that appears in the Australian outback (3,3) |
| CRYPTICALLY | In a vault I caught a friend in a mysterious fashion (11) |
| BELGIANLAGER | "Welcome! Can I get you a drink while you browse the menu? We have a light European draft with a mysterious zest ..." |
| COIN | A mysterious icon found in a currency collection (4) |
| EASTEREGG | Get Serge a mysterious gift made of chocolate (6,3) |
| SPAM | Many a phone call from a mysterious number |
| STRANGEBUTTRUE | A curious fact: there's a mysterious seat on French street (7,3,4) |
